2.5gb or 1gb wan port AX86U

[RMinNJ]

So sad.. the 2.5g port for aimesh backhand would be perfect if one has many devices on the node router.

 

[tallytr]

Using the 2.5G port for my NAS, works great.

 

[JagoUK]

Must be specific to the RT-AX86U. When I played with a pair of Zen Wifi XT8 a few months ago, the 2.5 Gbps backhaul seemed to work properly between the two.

Are you sure? I could never get 2.5gb working as backhaul and either lan or usb-ethernet working as WAN.

 

[RMerlin]

Are you sure? I could never get 2.5gb working as backhaul and either lan or usb-ethernet working as WAN.

Yes. I wanted at the time to specifically test the throughput in an ideal scenario, so I used the 2.5G ports.

 

[JagoUK]

Yes. I wanted at the time to specifically test the throughput in an ideal scenario, so I used the 2.5G ports.

Hmm that's interesting. Because I just cannot get it to work like that if one is a router and the other is a node.

Is that the setup you had?

The instructions say you most connect the 2.5gb wan port of the node to a LAN port on the router.

I once managed to trick it into accepting the 2.5gb wan as a LAN. But there was no other option to set a LAN port as a WAN.

I have tried old (factory firmware, latest and beta firmware)

I'll explore the CLI to see if I can do it that way too.

Edit: Sorry, unless you are saying the 2.5gb was from an XT8 to an AX86U?
I thought you meant XT8 to XT8.

 

[RMerlin]

Sorry, it's been about a year since I did those tests, I don't remember any of the details.